Gaßmann: Oboe Quintets & Quartets / Gersbacher, Wipfler, Szigeti Quartet

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CPO
Release Date
February 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Florian Leopold Gassmann
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Szigeti Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Lajos Lencses, Lena Gersbacher, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner, Libor Sima
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 03, 2023
    • UPC
      761203552825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555528-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    3. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    4. I. Adagio

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    5. II. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    6. III. Poco Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Ensemble: Szigeti Quartet

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés

    7. I. Adagio

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    8. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    9. III. Finale: Allegretto

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    10. I. Andante

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    11. II. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    12. III. Moderato

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    13. I. Adagio

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    14. II. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    15. III. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Haruka Nagao, Dénes Ludmány, Richárd Rózsa

    16. I. Adagio

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    17. II. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    18. III. Menuetto - Alternativo

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    19. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    20. V. Menuetto - Alternativo

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    21. VI. Allegro

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner

    22. VII. Alternativo

      Composer: Florian Leopold Gassmann

      Performer: Lajos Lencsés, Lena Gersbacher, Libor Šíma, Wolfgang Wipfler, Josef Weissteiner


From today's perspective, Florian Leopold Gaßmann (1729-1774) falls into one of those time gaps that, like black holes in the universe of art, threaten to swallow up everything that cannot be easily assigned to an era in retrospect. And this despite the fact that the German from Bohemia was anything but a minor master of music notation during his lifetime and for several decades thereafter, both in Italy, where he began his actual career, and in Austria, where shortly before his untimely death he was appointed imperial court conductor: his operas were in such demand on both sides of the Alps that Gaßmann really did not have to worry about making a living, and his instrumental music was also distributed widely, mostly in the form of copies.

This production cleverly combines the two main areas of his activity, for the two quintets for oboe and strings recorded here are arrangements of some particularly popular arias from the successful opera Amor und Psyche, while other light music undoubtedly belonged to the "occasional works" that the "court and chamber composer" of Joseph II. These are all extremely beautiful-sounding, imaginative and varied creations, which are coming to life under the umbrella of the now legendary master oboist Lájos Lencsés and, thanks to their colorfulness, will no longer have to fear a black hole.